$(document).ready(function() { $('.slideshow').cycle({ fx: 'fade',
  speed: 900, timeout: 3000, pause: 1}); });
  
  function gallery(dir){
  
    $.ajax({ dataType:"html", context: document.body, url: "photos/"+dir+"/idx.html", success: function(data, status){
      if ( status === "success" || status === "notmodified" ) {
        $("<div/>").append(data).find("#"+dir).mbGallery({maskBgnd:'#111'});
      }}});
  }